Improvement in condensers



A. C. BROWN.

Condensing Apparatus.

No. 29.054. Patented July 10, I860.

Witnesses:

AM. PHOTO-LITHQCILNX. (OSEORNE'S PROCESS.)

1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'ABRAMG. snows, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVAYIA.

*J-MPRDVEMENT INCONDENSERS.

' Specification forming p'art ot Letters No. 29,054, dated July 10, 1860.

afull, clear, and exactdescription of thesame,

reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which- I Figured ot' the accompanying drawingsrepresents a distillatory apparatus for beer, in

, which my invention 'i'or'cooling and hastening condensation is shown. The worm tub and pipe-communicating with the still-tub are shown in section.

The objectof this invention is to facilitate. the refrigeration or cooling of the vapor rising from the still of distillatory apparatuses of any description, and. to condense the same while passing from the still to the worm-tub by keep-- ing the main pipe,or that between the wormtub and still, as cool as the worm in the tub, and to accomplish this without waste of water and in a simple and practical way.

To enahle'those skilled in the art to fully understand my invention, 1 will proceed to describeits construct-ion and operation.

A represents a still tub or retort-,from the; top of which leads a pipe, 13, communicating .with the wornrll in tub C, which latter isthe refrigeratory. Pipe 13 is inclined toward the wornrtub in the usual manner, so that the condensed matters will flow-toward the wormtub down through the worm and out near the bottom of this tub to the receiver.

Eis-a vertical waste-pipe, which conducts the water from the top of worm-tub -.C as fast as the water flows into the tub, thus prevent j ing overflow.

, 4G is a pipe, which I will call the *feech pipe, which passes up alongside the wormtub, around said tub once, and then out and over the-pipe B, up tothe highest point of this cont-act with thesur'face of the pipe.

ter which escapes from the pipe G after'itpipe. The end of pipe G is closed, but it is perforated along its under side with small holes, from which water is supplied copiously to the pipe B.. This water may be forcedup by pumps orIfrom a suitable reservoir elevated above the apparatus, so as to obtain sufficient head or force to cause the water to ascend the pipe G. The pipe .13 iswrapped with some soft and absorbing material, so as to retain the water in suitable quantities in The wapasses over pipe B- is received and conducted back to the worm-tub bya trough, J, forkeeping the worm B cool, this being the only sup- .ply of water the worm-tub receivesz.

From this description it will he. seen that the water, while in its cooleststate, will be supplied to the worn'rpipe at a point whereit is most desirable to have it kept coo1 viz.. where the vapor is rarest 'and contains, the greatest amount of caloric. By this arrangement the pipe leading from the still to the worm tab will be keptcool, and the vapor-as itpours through this-pipe will be rapidly c0n-' -densed or liquefied before it arrives at the worm in the tub. where liquefaction is com,- pleted[ This operation with my arrangement proceeds very rapidly, is constant, simple, and effective, and economizes jwater where this is an object." I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to seen-re by Letters Patout, is

The employment of a perforated refrigerating-conductor, G, in com bination with the discharge-pipe B of the still or retort A, substantially-asand for the purpose herein shown and described.

l'iBRlUt C. BROWN. \Vitnesses:

CHAS. BRADFIELD, A THos. LAVB. 

